adopting alter egos. Cudi plays a Jimi Hendrix influenced character, sporting a black curly afro wig and headband. West, who makes a short appearance to drop his verse, appears onstage wearing a black blazer, shades, jewelry, and wears a crown of gold laurels. Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Clark Duke make up the rest of Kid Cudi's band in the video. On September 16, 2016, the single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album's second single, "Mr. Rager", was officially released as a digital download on October 25, 2010. The single debuted at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100. On September 8, 2011, Cudi released the official music video for "Mr. Rager". The video, directed by Jeremie Rozan from Surface to Air, features a brief cameo appearance from his mentor Kanye West. Other songs The track "Scott Mescudi vs the World" debuted at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 20 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales. The track "Marijuana" debuted at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales, where it spent two weeks on the chart. On June 1, 2010, the music video would be released. On April 10, 2014, the track was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Critical reception Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 69, based on 20 reviews. Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Entertainment Weeklys Simon Vozick-Levinson called it "a cohesively constructed concept album that will reward repeat listens." Chicago Tribune writer Greg Kot complimented Cudi's themes of "the stoned-and-alone rapper" and stated, "the music is as consuming and intoxicating as the lifestyle Cudi describes." Charles Aaron of Spin commended it for "boldly reshaping Cudi's sound – with vivid production" and stated "The dizzy friction between rap's grasping for control and rock's desire to lose it entirely give Cudi's confessions a dicey, volatile edge." AllMusic writer David Jeffries said that, "just like on his debut, the soundscape is spacy and far-reaching, making this interstellar therapy session a much more interesting transmission. At its best, it's fascinating." Slant Magazines Matthew Cole expressed that